Sedgwick County, Kansas

Not to be confused with Sedgwick, Kansas.

Sedgwick County (county code: SG) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 523,824 lived there.^[1] This means that Sedgwick County has the 2nd most amount of people in Kansas. The county seat is Wichita,^[2] the biggest city in Kansas.

Sedgwick County
County
Old Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita (2009)
Location within the U.S. state of Kansas
Kansas's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°43′N 97°27′W
Country	United States
State	Kansas
Founded	February 26, 1867
Named for	John Sedgwick
Seat	Wichita
Largest city	Wichita
Area
• Total	1,009 sq mi (2,610 km2)
• Land	998 sq mi (2,580 km2)
• Water	12 sq mi (30 km2)  1.2%
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	523,824
• Density	524.9/sq mi (202.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code	316
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.sedgwickcounty.org

Demographics

Census	Pop.		%±
1870	1,095		—
1880	18,753		1,612.6%
1890	43,626		132.6%
1900	44,037		0.9%
1910	73,095		66.0%
1920	92,234		26.2%
1930	136,330		47.8%
1940	143,311		5.1%
1950	222,290		55.1%
1960	343,231		54.4%
1970	350,694		2.2%
1980	366,531		4.5%
1990	403,662		10.1%
2000	452,869		12.2%
2010	498,365		10.0%
2020	523,824		5.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 1790-1960[4] 1900-1990[5] 1990-2000[6] 2010-2020[1]

Age pyramid

Sedgwick County is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Presidential elections

Presidential election results

Presidential election results^[7]

Year	Republican	Democratic	Third Parties
2020	54.4% 122,416	42.6% 95,870	2.9% 6,576
2016	54.4% 104,353	36.3% 69,627	9.3% 17,818
2012	58.2% 106,506	39.4% 71,977	2.4% 4,412
2008	55.2% 106,849	42.5% 82,337	2.4% 4,544
2004	62.1% 110,381	36.5% 64,839	1.4% 2,459
2000	57.4% 93,724	38.3% 62,561	4.4% 7,132
1996	56.1% 93,397	35.8% 59,643	8.1% 13,559
1992	40.5% 75,577	33.6% 62,670	25.9% 48,228
1988	55.3% 86,124	42.1% 65,618	2.6% 4,003
1984	62.5% 95,874	36.1% 55,263	1.4% 2,178
1980	51.8% 75,317	37.9% 55,105	10.3% 15,009
1976	50.7% 69,828	46.5% 63,989	2.8% 3,812
1972	65.7% 83,949	30.7% 39,220	3.6% 4,532
1968	51.8% 60,853	37.5% 44,041	10.7% 12,575
1964	43.8% 52,592	55.2% 66,372	1.0% 1,217
1960	55.2% 73,501	44.3% 58,887	0.5% 696
1956	61.1% 72,292	38.6% 45,732	0.3% 336
1952	66.5% 70,983	32.7% 34,926	0.8% 879
1948	49.6% 39,165	48.9% 38,621	1.6% 1,243
1944	52.8% 38,896	46.7% 34,442	0.5% 360
1940	48.1% 32,160	51.1% 34,219	0.8% 547
1936	35.3% 21,654	64.4% 39,503	0.3% 197
1932	41.5% 21,815	55.8% 29,344	2.7% 1,435
1928	74.4% 32,132	24.7% 10,649	0.9% 405
1924	57.2% 21,144	23.6% 8,712	19.2% 7,087
1920	59.2% 16,642	39.1% 10,998	1.8% 494
1916	41.8% 10,899	51.3% 13,391	6.9% 1,792
1912	9.8% 1,419	39.6% 5,752	50.6% 7,350[a]
1908	50.3% 6,756	45.0% 6,049	4.8% 640
1904	60.8% 6,697	26.0% 2,869	13.2% 1,455
1900	50.0% 5,363	48.0% 5,144	2.0% 212
1896	42.7% 4,122	56.3% 5,434	1.1% 102
1892	46.7% 4,770		53.3% 5,448
1888	55.5% 6,071	36.8% 4,025	7.7% 841

Sedgwick County is somewhat conservative for an urban county. It chose the Democratic candidate in a presidential election only once since 1944. Wichita has more Democrats, but the areas around it are Republican.

Notes

1. This total comprises 6,546 votes (45.08 percent) for Progressive Theodore Roosevelt (who carried the county) and 804 votes (5.54 percent) for Socialist Eugene V. Debs.